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For clinicians and researchers working in the oncology profession.

Specialising in head and neck, gastrointestinal and lung cancer, the European Oncology Convention will bring the world’s leading professionals in the oncology industry together for an unmissable two-days at ExCeL, London. Complete with an unrivalled line-up of 85 CPD accredited seminars, interactive workshops and state-of-the-art showcases from exclusively selected exhibitors, this event promises to show the revolutionary ways of studying and treating cancer.

European Oncology Convention runs alongside:

When Is The Show?

6th to 7th June 2018, ExCeL London

Doors: 10AM - 5PM

Researchers capture ‘incredible’ images of DNA that could help with cancer

RNA polymerase III is responsible for reading the genetic instructions contained in DNA.

Researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research used cyro-electron microscopy to capture the images on RNA polymerase III.

The process starts by immersing RNA polymerase III in water before rapidly freezing it. In doing this, the researchers were able to preserve the microscopic structures of objects and even capture them mid-movement.

A detailed 3D image is then built up by using a beam of electrons that take images from lots of different angles.

Using the images, the researchers were able to ‘unzip’ the DNA and read the genetic code.

Once RNA reads the genetic code, it produces the building materials needed to make key proteins that makes new cells or enables original cells to grow. However, it is this process that is often hijacked by cancer, causing the cells to produce too many proteins and enable cancerous cells to rapidly grow and multiply.

However, now the structure of RNA and its interaction with DNA have been discovered, researchers are hopeful they can design drugs to alter the way it works.

Researcher Dr Alessandro Vannini said:

"It's a new way of thinking and targeting very central machinery. If we block it completely then all cells will die, but if we can block it partially we can see if we can stop cancers."

To see more research that is reinventing and advancing the current treatment of cancer, register for your free ticket to attend the European Oncology Convention at ExCeL, London on the 6th & 7th June 2018 here.

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